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- ROBERT B. SHAAD United States Patent 3,511,437 CURRENCY HOLDING CARDRobert B. Shaad, Watertown, N.Y., assignor to Dyna- Span Industries,Inc., Watertown, NY, a corporation of New York Filed Aug. 9, 1968, Ser.No. 751,482 Int. Cl. B65d 85/54 US. Cl. 229-923 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A card for mailing currency, the card having a special pocketfor holding a bill or check as well as the usual coin receivingopenings.

Background of the invention This invention relates generally to coinholding cards, and has particular reference to a novel card of this typewhich is additionally provided with a separate and easily usable billreceiving pocket.

For many years coin cards, or coin holding cards, which are principallyused for sending small coins through the mail, have been constructedwith coin receiving openings only. Cards with such a construction aredisclosed in US. Pat. No. 673,299, issued Apr. 30, 1901 to I. N. Spiesand No. 789,076, issued May 2, 1905 to I. E. Trahan et al., both ownedby the assignee of the present invention. To the best of applicantsknowledge, none of the prior art cards has provided any type of billreceiving pocket or opening except in a makeshift manner. Thus, it hasbeen suggested that a bill can be folded and inserted in one of the coinopenings; however, the bill does not fit properly, and if folded smallenough to fit within the area of the opening, it becomes far too thick.

Summary of the invention The invention contemplates a currency holdingcard assembly that is comprised of a relatively stiff card having coinreceiving openings and a backing member that is secured to one side ofthe card. The backing member is of sheet material such as paper andforms with the card a convenient pocket for receiving a bill or check,the bill pocket being separate from and independent of the coinreceiving openings. Access to the bill receiving pocket is gainedthrough an opening at the edge of the card, and the pocket is providedwith a window so that it can be determined by visual inspection whetheror not a bill has been placed in the pocket. The backing member includesa flap portion that extends outwardly from the card and is adapted to befolded into overlying engagement with the other side thereof; in sodoing, the flap covers the access opening for the bill receiving pocket.

For insertion into the bill receiving pocket, a bill or averaged sizecheck need only be folded twice so that when folded it is still verythin and does not measurably increase the overall thickness of the card.In addition, the bill pocket opening is easily accessible and the pocketitself is dimensioned so that a bill can be readily inserted in andremoved from it.

Brief description of the drawings FIG. 1 is a top plan view of acurrency holding card embodying the invention, with the cover flap shownin open position;

FIG. 2 is a vertical section through the card taken substantially online 2--2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a vertical section through the card taken substantially online 33 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a right end elevation of the card of FIG. 1 showing the coverflap folded into closed position.

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Description of the preferred embodiment With reference now to thedrawings, 10 generally designates a card which may be made of anysuitable material but is preferably formed of a relatively stiffpaperboard. As shown, the card is rectangular in shape and is providedwith a plurality of coin receiving openings 12 which extend all the waythrough the card. Coacting with each opening is an integral retainingstrip 14 which is adapted to releasably hold a coin in the opening, thestrips being sprung out from the face of the card for this purpose asdescribed in Pat. No. 673,299, supra. The thickness of card 10 ispreferably at least as great as that of the thickest coin the card isadapted to receive.

A backing member 16 is secured as by adhesive means to the under side ofcard 10, the member being of sheet material such as paper. The backingmember forms a bottom closure for the coin receiving openings 12 andalso coacts with the card to form a bill receiving pocket 18. Thus, thebacking member is not secured to the card in the area enclosed by thedash line 20, FIGS. 1 and 2, but is secured along that line andelsewhere to define a pocket of substantially rectangular shape betweenthe card and member.

The opening for the bill receiving pocket 18 is at the edge 22 of thecard where the backing member 16 is not secured to it. The pocket isdimensioned to receive with ample clearance a bill that has been foldedtwice as indicated at 24 in FIG. 1. It will, of course, be apparent thatpocket 18 can be used also for a folded check, and the term bill as usedherein is intended to include paper money, checks and the like. The cardis formed with an aperture 26 which serves as a window for the pocket 18whereby it can readily be determined by visual inspection whether or nota bill has been inserted in the pocket.

The backing member 16 includes a flap 28 which extends outwardly fromone edge of the card 10 as shown in FIG. 1. This flap is adapted to befolded into overlying engagement with the upper side of the card and isdimensioned so as to be coextensive therewith as indicated by FIG. 4.Since the flap extends from the edge of the card where the accessopening for the bill receiving pocket is located, the fold of the flapoperates as a closure for the pocket when the flap is in its FIG. 4position.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the inventiondisclosed herein provides a currency holding card that is more versatileand efficient than the coin cards of the prior art while at the sametime having a simple, inexpensive construction. As will be understood bythose familiar with the art, the invention may be embodied in otherspecific forms without departing from the spirit or essentialcharacteristics thereof. The embodiment disclosed is, therefore, to beconsidered in all respects as illustrative rather than restrictive.

What is claimed is:

1. A currency holding card comprising a relatively stiff card memberformed with at least one coin receiving opening and having means forretaining a coin in the opening, and a backing member secured to thecard member and forming therewith a bill receiving pocket adjacent oneedge of the card member, said pocket being separated from said coinreceiving opening.

2. A currency holding card as defined in claim 1 wherein the card isformed with an aperture in communication with the bill receiving pocketfor indicating whether or not a bill has been inserted in the pocket.

3. A currency holding card as defined in claim 1 wherein the backingmember is a sheet member secured to one side of the card, said sheetmember including a flap portion that extends outwardly from the card andis adapted to be folded into overlying engagement with the other sidethereof.

4. An article of the character described comprising a relatively stiffcard member formed with a plurality of coin receiving openings spacedfrom one another and from the peripheral edges of the card, said cardmember having retaining means for releasably holding coins in theopenings, and a sheet member backing secured to one side of said cardmember and forming therewith a substantially rectangular bill receivingpocket, said pocket being formed so as to have an access openingadjacent one edge of the card member and being spaced from said coinreceiving openings.

5. An article as defined in claim 4 wherein said bill receiving pocketis formed with a window for enabling it to 'be determined by visualinspection whether or not a bill has been inserted in the pocket.

6. An article as defined in claim 4 wherein the thickness of the cardmember is at least as great as that of the thickest coin the card isadapted to receive.

7. An article as defined in claim 4 wherein the sheet member backingincludes a flap portion that extends outwardly from one edge of the cardmember and is adapted to be folded into overlying engagement with theother side thereof.

4 8. An article as defined in claim 7 wherein the access opening forsaid bill receiving pocket is located adjacent the edge of the cardmember from which said flap portion extends whereby the opening iscovered by the flap when the latter is folded into overlying engagementwith said card other side.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS DAVID M. BOCKENEK, PrimaryExaminer STEVEN E. LIPMAN, Assistant Examiner

